Students should review the Graduate School's instructions and information about graduation as early as possible. Your graduation semester will be the last semester in which you will be enrolled in the program and complete all degree requirements.
Contact the EDP Graduate Coordinator the semester prior to when you expect to graduate to check in about plans.
At the beginning of the semester in which you will be finishing the degree:
Notify the EDP Graduate Coordinator that you will be graduating, so your coursework can be verified.
If you are on a Thesis or Master’s Report degree plan: ensure you are enrolled in either EDP 698B (Thesis students) or EDP 398R (Report students).
Follow all the steps on the Graduate School's Graduation page: Graduation Deadlines, Submission Instructions
Submit Graduation Application
If on a Master’s Report or Thesis option:
Submit the Master’s Committee Approval Form to the Graduate School via email at GradStudentSVCS@austin.utexas.edu
Upload your Thesis/Report to the Grad School’s upload portal.
At the beginning of the semester in which you will be finishing the degree:
Notify the EDP Graduate Coordinator that you will be graduating, so your coursework can be verified.
Ensure you are enrolled in Dissertation hours (EDP _99W). Note: if you are a CP/SCCP student on internship who successfully defended the dissertation prior to the graduating semester, you may qualify for an exception to the Dissertation enrollment. Contact the EDP Graduate Coordinator to confirm.
Follow all the steps on the Graduate School's Graduation page: Graduation Deadlines, Submission Instructions
Submit Graduation Application
Submit Report of Dissertation Committee Form to the Graduate School via email at GradStudentSVCS@austin.utexas.edu
Upload final Dissertation to Graduate School’s portal
Navigating graduation can be a bit confusing, as there are several different graduation ceremony options! Below is a guide to the different ceremonies available to EDP graduate students. Be sure to keep your email address updated in UTDirect, as the convocation events teams will be using that to send you information. Note: attendance in any/all ceremonies is optional.
College of Education Commencement Ceremony
The COE ceremony is held in May each year. This is the ceremony Educational Psychology and College of Education faculty and students typically attend.
Participating students walk the stage, and PhD students may be hooded by their faculty adviser.
More info: https://education.utexas.edu/commencement/
Graduate School Ceremony
The Graduate School also offers a graduation ceremony (a separate ceremony for Master’s students and one for PhD) each May. Students are welcome to attend this ceremony, but please note that it is not highly attended by EDP faculty/students, as they typically attend the COE ceremony instead.
More info: https://gradschool.utexas.edu/navigating/graduation/convocation
University-Wide Ceremony
This ceremony is also held in May each year, in the Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium on campus.
This is the large university-wide ceremony that takes place after the College-level ceremonies, and ends with the lighting of the Tower and fireworks.
Students do not walk the stage in this ceremony; instead, they are seated by college and recognized as a group by their dean.
Many of our students attend this in addition to the COE ceremony in the morning.
More info: https://commencement.utexas.edu/university-wide-commencement-ceremony
Graduation Regalia
Graduation regalia can be purchased or rented through the University Co-op: https://www.universitycoop.com/graduation. If you are unable to purchase/rent regalia, contact the Graduate School’s convocation team at GS.commencement@austin.utexas.edu or reach out to the UT Outpost.